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5. Place of the Senate in our National government. (Reinsch, Readings on American Federal Government, pages 127-134.)
6. The House of Representatives in the United States compared with the British House of Commons. (Kaye, Readings in Civil Government, pages 149-155.)
7. Gerrymandering. (Beard, Readings in American Government and Politics, pages 219-220; see any other standard text on American Government.)
8. The immunities of Congressmen. (Cleveland, Organized Democracy, chapter xxvii.)
9. Relation of the two houses of Congress. (Bryce, The American Commonwealth, vol. i, chapter xviii.)
10. The Senate as a judicial body. (Bryce, The American Commonwealth, vol. i, chapter x.)
11. Constitutional limitations on the powers of Congress. (Munro, The Government of the United States, chapter xx.)
12. Relation of Congress to the President. (Bryce, The American Commonwealth, vol. i, chapter xx.)
13. The war powers of Congress. (Any standard text on American government.)
14. The taxing power of Congress. (Any standard text on American government.)
15. Other financial powers of Congress. (Any standard text on American government.)
16. The power to regulate commerce. (Any standard text on American government. An excellent reference is Munro, The Government of the United States, chapter xvii.)
17. The postal powers of Congress. (Young, The New American Government and its Work, chapter xiii.)
18. The control of Congress over territories. (Kimball, The National Government of the United States, chapter xxii. See also any other standard work on American government.)
FOR CLASSROOM DISCUSSION
19. Direct versus indirect election of Senators.
20. To what extent, if to any, should Congressmen consider the needs of their local district as of more importance than the needs of the nation as a whole?
21. Should the interval between the election of Representatives and the meeting of Congress be shortened?
22. Should we retain equal representation of states in the Senate, or should this principle be discarded as "undemocratic"?